Ethiopia

By:Hassan Jama, HornDiplomat Contributor  The fourth trilateral technical dialogue between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan on the filling and operation of the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) begins today (November 5 2019) in Addis Ababa. The meeting sets out to consult on outstanding issues over the filling...

  Ethiopia State Minister Dr. Markos Tekle holds talks today (November 14) with Mr. Graham Maitland, Director of Africa Division, Department of Political Affairs of the United Nations. The State Minister lauded the comprehensive support the United Nations is extending to Ethiopia. Noting the reform his country...

By:Hassan Jama,HornDiplomat Contributor Ethiopian Foreign Affairs Minister,  Mr. Gedu Andargachew receives the Czech Republic Foreign Affairs Minister Tomáš Petříček today (November 13). Mr. Tomáš Petříček arrives in Addis Ababa for an official working visit to Ethiopia. The two sides exchanged views on bilateral and multilateral issues of...

By: Jama Farah, Horndiplomat Contributor Horndiplomat-The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) elects longtime foreign secretary Abdirahman Mahdi as the new chairman following a conference in Godey town as the incumbent Admiral Mohamed Omar Osman retires. Mahdi received 340 votes, his challenger Ahmed Yasin got 247. The...

The Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) in collaboration with Ethiopian Airlines launched a platinum co-branded card payment. The bank was able to facilitate the sale of Ethiopian e-tickets worth nearly 260 million Birr within ten months through its digital payment channels in 2019. During the...

By:Jama Farah ,HornDiplomat Contributor Horndiplomat-IGAD's Consultative Meeting on the Peace Process in South Sudan Begins. A consultative meeting among ministers of IGAD member states and leaders of South Sudan Peace Agreement signatory parties begins today (November 09) in Addis Ababa. In her opening speech at the session,...

By:Jama Farah Horndiplomat Contributor Horndiplomat-Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed met this afternoon with the outgoing Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), Amb. (Eng) Mahboub Maalim, as well as the incoming Executive Secretary Dr. Workineh Gebeyu. According to Ethiopian PM Office, Ethiopian Prime Minister...

By: Mohamed Duale Horndiplomat-New Executive Secretary of IGAD  Workneh Gebeyehu has formally assumed duty On Thursday.  Earlier on November 6, during his meeting with delegates from IGAD Member States, Dr. Workneh expressed his eagerness to work for the betterment of the region. The Executive Secretary commended...

By:Jama Farah, HornDiplomat Contributor The Djiboutian President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, and Ethiopian minister of Transport. Mrs. Dagmawit Moges jointly inaugurated the Tadjoura-Balho Road on Wednesday (October 6). According to the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry, President Guelleh said the road would speed up the processing of potash and...

By: MEMO The speaker of Egypt’s parliament has asked the Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari to mediate its dispute with Ethiopia over the Renaissance Dam, reports Bloomberg. In a meeting yesterday with the Nigerian Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Ali Abdel Aal said that relations between Egypt and Nigeria...